Autumn: what's to do?

Season of mist and mellow fruitfulness? Time to sit back and let winter come No way!

Use every fine hour, get the ground dug but not if you live in a high rainfall area. The winter rains will wash away plant nutrients. Leave the digging till March / April.  The Poly tunnel needs cleaning out. Use the time to empty all the dead plants; wash pots to get rid of disease and bugs eggs; just washing up liquid and warm water will get rid of most. Then keep them dry and ready for use you will have no time in the spring.

Don't prune the Grape vine. leave it till December / January then  allow only one shoot per node (leaf joint). Make sure it is well tied to the support wires, 25 bunches of grapes are a heavy load.

Keep leaves swept up especially in Greenhouses and poly tunnels. Burn any that have disease or bugs on them.

Locally grown Pansies and primula plants are available on the Lewis & Harris Horticultural producers Stall every Saturday morning. (See the web site www.stornowayfarmersmarket.co.uk   Contact us for details ) 

Slug problem? Try Siar glass, sand grade, slugs hate it and it lasts years.

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We have 50 free range hens, call for extra fresh eggs

We grow Tomatoes & other salad crops, Grapes, Peaches, Apricots

and some strawberries and Grapes!

on the Isle of Lewis

We sell most of our produce,

 at the (Crofters & farmers market) Stornoway

(see new web via links page)

L.H.H.P. Market stall  Saturday Mornings, 17th May to December, 9.00 a.m.  Point Street, Stornoway

very fresh vegetables and really fresh fruit

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We are at

Riverview House, South Dell, Isle of Lewis, U.K.

e mail    thepolycroft@aol.com  (Just click on this address

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